Another massive deal at the Emirates, Arsenal are on the verge of the second big signing, and the fourth transfer in total in the summer transfer window. According to the British Athletic, the Gunners reached an agreement with Manchester City regarding the purchase of Gabriel Jesus.The Daily Mail exclusively announced that the deal will be concluded in the next seven to ten days, however, the much more reliable Athletic claims that the smallest details remain to be settled between the two sides. Arsenal thus beat Chelsea and Tottenham in the race to sign the Brazilian striker, and that luxury, according to information from the same source, will cost them 52 million euros.After all, Arsenal needed Jesus the most out of the three mentioned London teams. Chelsea, despite the return of Romelu Lukaku to Inter Milan, still have Kai Havertz and Timo Werner at their disposal (the latter maybe not for long), while Tottenham were not ready to spend the mentioned amount for a reserve striker, among other priorities (sweeper and right back).Sun 02:30: (1.46) River Plate (4.50) Lanus (7.75)Arsenal, on the other hand, were short on strikers. First Pierre Emerick Aubameyang and then Alexandre Lacazette made a huge hole up front with their departures – Eddie Nketiah extended his contract, but he is not ready to be the first striker of the team – which is why bringing a proven striker has become one of the priorities for the Gunners’ sporting director Edu.According to many, Jesus is not one of the top-class strikers but despite the fact that he lived in the shadow of Sergio Aguero from his arrival at the Etihad until last season, he managed to score 95 and set another 46 goals in 236 games. However, with the arrival of Julian Alvarez, and then Erling Haaland, it became clear to him that his minutes next season will be even more reduced, which is why he asked to leave the ranks of the English champions after five years spent at the Etihad. And possibly stay in the Premier League.It should be noted that Man City also did more than well, as they earned 20 million euros on a player who enters the last year of his contract in a week (paid Palmeiras 32 million euros five years ago) and thus “covered” the purchase of Kalvin Phillips (the Cityzens reached an agreement with Leeds United earlier in the day).🚨 Gabriel Jesus will become Arsenal’s highest earner when he signs from Manchester City for £45M. (Source: @GraemeBailey) pic.twitter.com/Syi820oov0— Transfer News Live (@DeadlineDayLive) June 25, 2022 Interestingly, this will be Man City’s first sale to one of the top six teams from England after a full decade when Togo legend Emmanuel Adebayor went to Tottenham.Arsenal have brought Fabio Vieira from Porto (40 million euros), Marquinhos from Sao Paulo (3.5 million) and Matt Turner from New England Revolution (6.3 million) so far, and after the official arrival of Gabriel Jesus, an “assault” is expected on Raphinha, Youri Tielemans and Lisandro Martinez.
